If you were homeless, what would be your "go to" meal?

@Thevy29 You cooked it under the bridge where you had your tent? How long were you living that way?

@sree251 It wasn't safe near any of the bridges, nor the park lands surrounding the CBD. I used to camp along the river or down the beach in the sand dunes, for a couple of months. Till I heard from a family member about a flat. The owner was in jail for drug dealing. Didn't mind my brother or me using it. Just as long as we stayed away from the mailbox. The flat was empty. But at least it was inside. My brother left me along not long after and I made do for 2 years.

@Thevy29 Two years was along time to hide in a flat without electricity, gas, and water. It's hard to get a job when you are homeless. You don't have an address. It's even impossible to fill in a job application. How did you manage to get out of that homeless situation?

@sree251 I could list a place for my mail to be sent to. And did seasonal Fruit picking. (They usually hire backpackers and don't ask for an address. Which led to working for a Heritage group that paid $300 a day but I'd get only one day a fortnight if I was lucky.. I was able to sign up for some classes at a college that also gave food to people in need. And at the back of the flats was a swimming pool area that had a hose, that I could use and a power outlet.

@Thevy29 Wow, you are resourceful and has a powerful drive to survive. I wouldn't be able to survive even the depression that would come with the hardship of your experience. Are you in a better situation now? Did you manage to graduate college? I am pissed off with this existence that we have to be in. I just can understand why no one seems to complain about human life.

@sree251 I was studying IT and how to be a Chef. But had to switch to Aged Care when my Uncle got sick with cancer. He was looking after Grandma who was suffering from dementia. I got a part time job in a aged care home not far from them. Which earned me enough to get a flat close by. Grandma didn't recognise me at all, so when I wasn't working in the aged care place I was wearing my uniform when I looked after her. We were able to keep her living in her own house till she had a stroke and we couldn't manage any more. And I continued to look after my uncle until he passed away one year after she did.
I hurt my back in 2016 and had t give up Aged Care.
By the end of 2020 I had a mortgage on my own house, with a good job, and then the pandemic hit and I lost it all, and had to move in with my mother.
I went back into aged care. Until they fired me 3 weeks ago. Apparently I had missed a Mandatory training on 'hand Moisturiser' back in February. I had taken time off then. Cause My younger brother had died. My older brother was getting married that day and we went to pick Sean up and found him on the floor. 2 days later my Niece gave birth. So it was a hectic time...

@Thevy29 Yes, very hectic. You have your mother and can move in with her till you get a job. Do you get along with her?

@sree251 With difficulty. The woman's a pain. 😅

@Thevy29 Money. Give her money to pay for groceries. Fix any issues her house has. Pay the property taxes.